Firearm.



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FIREARM.

APPLICATION FILED FEB- 17, 1915.

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Patented Mar. 28, 1916.

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FIREARM.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 17, 1915- hiwliim h \A UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE.

CHARLES A. NELSON, OF UTICA, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO SAVAGE ARMS COMPANY,OF UTICA, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

FIREARM.

Specification of Letters Patent.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. NELSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Utica, in the county of Oneida and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Firearms, of which thefollowing'is a specification.

This invention relates to guns and particularly guns of the militarytype, and it consists, first, in a novel construction whereby a jointbetween the stock and the barrelincluding structure of the arm isproduced that is at once rigid, substantial and durable and well adaptedto withstand such violent shocks as those incident to recoil on thefiring of the arm; second, in a novel construction involving themounting of the rear sight; third, in a novel construction involving thesecuring in place of a coverpiece for the barrel; and, finally, incertain combinations and arrangements of parts involved in such joint,the means for mounting the rear sight and the means for securing inplace said cover-piece.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a fragmentary view, mainly inlongitudinal section, of so much of a gun as includes my improvements;Figs. 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 are side, rear and front elevations, and a topplan and an underneath plan of the part hereinafter termed the abutmentmember; Figs. 7 and 8 are side and rear elevations of the cover-piece;Fig. 9 is a view similar to Fig. l, but showing a modification of theinvention; Figs. 10 and 11 are sectional views on the lines w-m and yyof Fig. 9; Fig. 12 is a longitudinal sectional view of a fragment of thegun, showing another modification; and, Fig. 13 is a sectional view onthe line 2-2 of Fig. 12.

Referring, first to Figs. 1 to 8, a is the barrel and Z) the forwardportion of the receiver into which the threaded reduced rear end 0 ofthe barrelis screwed. (Z is the stock underlying the barrel and e thetang in part secured to the stock by the screw f. g is the middle bandand h the cover-piece for the barrel, which latter is held in place atits forward end by projecting between the middle band and the barrel(being held against forward movement by having its shoulder 2' abuttingthe middle band) and at its rearward end in the manner to be eX-plained. The abutment member in Figs. 1 to 8 is a sleeve j which at theforward end has an inside rabbet j and at the rearward end an insideflange or shoulder is and also,

a depending broad lug or tenon Z. It is slipped over the rear part ofthe barrel, which it snugly fits, before the barrel and receiver arejoined or assembled, and after the parts are assembled its flange 7c isabutted on the one hand by the shoulder m, formed by the reducedthreaded portion of the barrel, and on the other hand by the receiver,so that it is immovable longitudinally of the arm relatively to thestructure including the barrel and receiver. It is retained from turningon the barrel by the pin a. In the stock is formed a mortise 0 intowhich the tenon Z snugly fits. Upon the parts being assembled, thesleeve with the barrel and receiver in the manner described and thestock with the barrel, re-

ceiver and sleeve, a screw 79 is entered up through appropriate holes inthe tang e and stock and into a tapped hole in the tenon Z, thusretaining said parts together, its head having a substantial support onthe tang e. The rear end of the cover-piece h is formed with a tongue (7which snugly fits the rabbet j in the forward end of the sleeve; thusthe cover-piece, held at the forward end by the middle band, is held atthe rearward end by the sleeve 9'. The sleeve serves as a mounting forthe sight, having two upstanding lugs 1" in which the sighting memher 8is pivoted, its squared hinge end bearing against a plate spring t whichat its rear end overhangs andmay bebent into a longitudinl groove 11,(formed in the sleeve) when the member s is moved on its pivot and whichat its forward end is secured to the sleeve by the screws 42.

Referring now to Figs. 9, 10 and 11, the abutment member here is a bandw'which is held between the receiver Z) and the shoulder m of the barrela thesame as the flange 7c of the sleeve already described, and whichhas a depending broad lug or tenon 00 snugly fitting a mortise g formedin the stock d, 2 being a screw which is entered through the tang e andthe stock and screwed into the tenon in identically the same manner asthe screw 79 already described. In this form of the gun, the receiverhas a groove 2 receiving the tongue 3 on the rear end of the cover-piece4 for the barrel which. thus held in place at its rear end, is held atits forward end by the middle Patented Mar. 28, 1916. I

band 9 as already described in connection with Figs. 1 to 8.

Referring, now, to Figs. 12 and 13 the abutment member includes a' band5 having an interior flange 6 which is fitted over the reduced threadedend 0 of the barrel and is held between the receiver onthe one handa'nd'the shoulder m on the other and has a broad depending tenon or lug7 snugly fitting the mortise 8 formed in the stock, 9-

being a screw which is entered through the tang e and the stock andscrewed into the tenon identically the same as in Figs. 1 to 9. In thiscase, as in Figs. 1 to 9, the'abutment member holds in place the rearend of the cover-piece 10, having an interior rabbet 11 at its forwardside to receive the tongue 12 on the rear end of the. coverpiece. a

It is preferred,.as herein shown, that the flange of the sleeve, theband to or the band 5 be unconnected with the threading of the reducedthreaded end 0 of the barrel so that the adjustment thereof rotativelyaround the barrel to the proper position may be entirely independent of:the barrel and receiver in assembling them.

My construction has certain obvious features of advantage, affecting notonly the forming of the parts and the assem- .bling thereof but the useand life of the arm, important among which is the fact that thebarrel-and-receiver including structure is in a simple manner rigidlyand securely held to the stock, and that severe shocks, such'as thoseincident to recoil and the like, are imposed on the stock in a way todiscourage splintering orother injury thereto or the loosening of saidstructure with respect to the stock, 71. e., by the rear face of the lugor tenon of the abutment member abutting against a forwardly facingsurface of the stock, in the present case being the rear side of themortise 0, y or 8.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent is 1. In combination, with thebarrel-including structure of a gun and a stock underlying saidstructure, an abutment member penetrated, and abutted by a rearwardlyfacing surface of, said structure and having a depending portionabutting against a forwardly facing surface of the stock.

2. In combination, with the barrel-1ncluding structure of a gun and astock underlying said structure, an abutment mem- 3. In combination, thebarrel and re ceiver, one having a threaded portion screwed .into theother, a stock underlying the'barrel and receiver, and an abutmentmember penetrated by said threaded portion and clamped between thebarrel and receiver and having a depending portion abutting against aforwardly facing surface of the stock.

' 4. In combination, with the barrel-including structure of a gun and astock underlying said structure, an abutment member penetrated,'andabutted by a rearwardly facing surface of, said structure and abutting aforwardly facing surface of the stock, and a screw extending through thestock into said member.

5. In combination, with the barrel-including structure of a gu11,'astock underlying said structure and a tang underneath the stock, anabutment member penetrated, and abutted by a rearwardly facing surfaceof, said structure and abutting a forwardly facing surface'o'f thestocln and a screw extending through the stock and tang into saidmember. 7

6. In combination, the barrel and receiver, one having a threadedportion screwed into the other, a stock underlying the barrel, and anabutment member penetrated by, and unconnected with the threading of,said threaded portion and clamped between the barrel and received andhav ing a depending portion abutting against a forwardly facing surfaceof the stock.

7. In combination, the barrel and re ceiver, one having a threadedportion screwed into the other, a stock underlying the barrel, anabutment member penetrated by, and unconnected with the thread ing of,said'threaded portion and clamped between the barrel and receiver andhaving a depending portion abutting against a forwardly facing surfaceof the stock, and a screw extending through the stock into said member.

8. In combination, the barrel and receiver, one having a threadedportion screwed into the other, a sight-supporting member having a partthereof penetrated by, and unconnected with the threading of, saidthreaded portion and clamped between the barrel and receiver, and asight mounted on said member.

9. In combination, the barrel and receiver members, one having athreaded portion screwed into the other, a sleeve fitted over onevof'said members and having a part thereof penetrated by, andunconnected with the threading of, said threaded portion and clampedbetween said members, and asight mounted on said sleeve.

10. In combination, the barrel and receiver, one having a threadedportion screwed into the other, a stock underlying the barrel, acover-piece for the barrel,

means to hold in place the forward portion In testimony whereof I aflixmy signature or" the cover-piece, and a retaining member in presence oftwo witnesses; for the rearward portion Oi the cover piec'e having apart thereof penetrated by, and CHARLES LELSON unconnected with thethreading of, said Witnesses:

threaded portion and clamped between the JOHN W. STEWARD.

barrel and receiver. WVM. D. BELL;

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